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Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Das vorliegende Werk dokumentiert die weltweit bekannten Torfmoos-Arten (Gattung Sphagnum) und enthält Bestimmungsschlüssel. Es ist die erste Gesamtdarstellung von Sphagnum seit Carl Warnstorfs "Sphagnologia Universalis" (1911). Seitdem sind, insbesondere durch Andrews, Eddy und Isoviita, zahlreiche Namen als Synonyme erkannt und revidiert worden. Diese Revisionen, sowie die rund 150 seitdem gültig neu beschriebenen Arten sind ebenso wie eigene Studien des Autors in den vorliegenden Band eingeflossen. Zur Artabgrenzung problematischer Gruppen wurden genetische Studien herangezogen. Die Torfmoose besitzen unter den Moosen eine besondere ökologische und ökonomische Bedeutung. Sie besiedeln fast alle Kontinente mit deutlichen Schwerpunkten im nördlichen Südamerika, in Nordamerika, in Ost- und Nordasien sowie Europa. Die Gattung Sphagnum steht innerhalb der Laubmoose sehr isoliert, Gemeinsamkeiten im Bau des Sporophyten deuten auf entfernte Beziehungen zu den Klaffmoosen (Klasse Andreaeopsida) hin. Zur Gliederung von Sphagnum gibt es sehr unterschiedliche Ansätze mit bis zu 4 Untergattungen und bis zu 18 möglichen Sektionen, wovon in diesem Band 13 unterschieden werden; darunter die neu aufgestellte Sektion Lapazensis. Die Torfmoose im engeren Sinne (Gattung Sphagnum) zeigen eine unter den Moosen einzigartige Kombination von Blattdimorphismus (Stamm- und Astblätter). Obwohl deshalb die Zuordnung eines Torfmooses zur Gattung Sphagnum in der Regel keine Probleme mit sich bringt, bereitet die Bestimmung bis zur Art mitunter Schwierigkeiten. Der Autor beschreibt einführend Anatomie und Morphologie von Sphagnum, darauf aufbauend erläutert er Reproduktionsbiologie und Forschungs- und Stammesgeschichte der Torfmoose. Der systematische Teil ist in drei Abschnitte gegliedert: Beschreibung und Aufschlüsselung der Sektionen, Schlüssel für alle Torfmoosarten, getrennt nach Kontinenten, sowie Sphagnum-Artenlisten für 19 Regionen der Erde. Die Schlüssel für Afrika, Europa und Nordamerika orientieren sich an vorhandenen Daten und werden unter Zuhilfenahme rezenter Beschreibungen, Artkonzepte und floristischer Daten neu beschrieben und ergänzt. Für Südamerika und Asien wurden völlig neue Schlüssel erarbeitet, weil es diese bislang nicht gab. 286 Torfmoosarten werden ausführlich neu beschrieben, ergänzt durch Daten über Habitate, geographische Verbreitung und Synonymlisten. Ergänzt wird dieser Abschnitt durch die Darstellung der inneren und äußeren Merkmale auf 194 Tafeln. Ein sehr umfangreiches Literaturverzeichnis rundet den Band ab.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: 1 Why cities exist ; 2 Analyzing urban spatial structure ; 3 Modification of the urban model ; 4 Urban sprawl and land-use controls ; 5 Freeway congestion ; 6 Housing demand and tenure choice ; 7 Housing policies ; 8 Local public goods and services ; 9 Pollution ; 10 Crime ; 11 Urban quality-of-life measurement

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: The eradication of infectious diseases : understanding the lessons and advancing experience -- Lessons from the late stages of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative -- Measles and rubella eradication in the Americas : seasoned strategies for sustained success -- Onchocerciasis : from control to possible eradication -- Political and social determinants of disease eradication -- The role of research -- Group report : assessing the feasibility of an eradication initiative -- The ethical case for eradication -- Economic evaluation of the benefits and costs of disease elimination and eradication initiatives -- Group report : developing an eradication investment case -- Guidelines for preparing an eradication investment case -- Governance models for eradication initiatives -- Managing neglected tropical disease partnerships -- Group report: elements of good governance in disease eradication initiatives -- Integration of eradication initiatives and health systems -- How can elimination and eradication initiatives best contribute to health system strengthening? -- The impacts of measles elimination activities on immunization services and health systems in six countries -- Disease eradication as a springboard for broader public health communication -- Group report : designing elimination or eradication initiatives that interface -- Effectively with health systems

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: 1 Introduction ; 2 The Japanese Asset Price Bubble: A Heterogeneous Approach ; 3 Time of Troubles: The Yen and Japan's Economy, 1985-2008 ; 4 The Japan-US Exchange Rate, Productivity, and the Competitiveness of Japanese Industries ; 5 International Financial Integration and Japanese EconomicPerformance ; 6 Consumption, Land Prices, and the Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Japan ; 7 The Japanese Employment System after the Bubble Burst: New Evidence ; 8 Labor Immobility in Japan: Its Causes and Consequences ; 9 The Changing Role of Main Banks in Aiding Distressed Firms in Japan ; 10 Corporate Restructuring in Japan during the Lost Decade ; 11 An Exploration of the Japanese Slowdown during the 1990s

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Executive Summary and Recommendations. - Technical and Normative Foundations. - Annex and Apparatus

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: Introduction ; 1. Why a Water Soft Path, and Why Now ; Part 1: Water Soft Paths as Human Vision ; 2. Avoiding the Perfect Storm: Weathering Climate Change by Following its Effects on Water Resources ; 3. In the Beginning: Soft Energy Paths ; 4. Getting it Right: Misconceptions About the Soft Path ; 5. Practising Ecological Governance: The Case for the Soft Path for Water ; 6. Water Policy in Canada: Changing Course for the Soft Path ; Part 2: Water Soft Paths as Analytical Method ; 7. Getting Quantitative: The Canadian Water Soft Path Studies ; 8. Turning Principles into Practice: The WSP Scenario Builder ; 9. Thinking Beyond Pipes and Pumps: Water Soft Paths at the Urban Scale ; 10. WSP Analysis at a Watershed Scale ; 11. WSP Analysis at a Provincial Scale ; Part 3: Water Soft Paths as Planning Tool ; 12. Removing Institutional Barriers to Water Soft Paths: - Challenges and Opportunities ; 13. Pushing the Boundaries: Shifting Water Soft Paths Philosophy towards Hard Policy in Municipal Water Management ; 14. Green Buildings and Urban Space ; 15. Water Soft Path Thinking in the United States ; 16. Water Soft Path Thinking in Other Developed Economies - A. England B. The European Union C. Australia ; 17. Water Soft Path Thinking in Developing Countries - A. South Africa B. India C. Middle East and North Africa. Conclusion ; 18. A Water Future Different from the Past ; Annex: How to Create A Soft Path Plan For Water

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Table des matières. - Sommaire. - Introduction generale. - Premiere partie : La geomorphologie paraglaciaire : approche epistemologique. - Introduction de la premiere partie. - Chapitre 1 Le concept de paraglaciaire, evolution semantique. - Introduction du chapitre 1. - 1 Le "paraglaciaire" : naissance d'un concept. - 1.1. Les articles de June M. Ryder de 1971. - 1.2. La conceptualisation du "paraglaciaire" par M. Church et J. M. Ryder en 1972. - 1.2.1. Les processus paraglaciaires. - 1.2.2. La sequence paraglaciaire. - 2. Le "paraglaciaire" avant Ia naissance du concept. - 2.1. Les "Messieurs Jourdain" du paraglaciaire. - 2.2. Les premieres utilisations du terme "paraglaciaire" avant J. M. Ryder (1971). - 2.2.1. Les tentatives de substirution du terme "periglaciaire" par celui de "paraglaciaire". - 2.2.2. L'utilisation du terme "paraglaciaire" sans definition du concept. - Conclusion du premier chapitre. - Chapitre 2 Le "geosysteme paraglaciaire" : concept integrateur?. - Introduction du deuxieme chapitre. - 1. La determination de Ia duree de Ia sequence paraglaciaire. - 1.1. Le modele de calibration du destockage sedimentaire paraglaciaire selon Ballamyne. - 1.2. Le modele sedimentaire paraglaciaire selon Church et Slaymaker. - 1.3. Les perturbations externes au modele de destockage paraglaciaire. - 2. Definition du concept de "geosysteme paraglaciaire". - 2.1. Le concept de "geosysreme". - 2.2. Le concept de "geosysteme paraglaciaire". - 3. Les sous-systemes face aux sequences paraglaciaires. - 3.1. Le sous-systeme gravitaire au cours d'une sequence paraglaciaire. - 3.2. Le sous-systeme fluvial au cours d'une sequence paraglaciaire. - 3.3. Le sous-systeme lacustre au cours d'une sequence paraglaciaire. - 3.4. Le sous-systeme eolien au cours d'une sequence paraglaciaire. - 3.5. Le sous-systeme littoral au cours d'une sequence paraglaciaire. - 3.6. Le sous-systeme marin au cours d'une sequence paraglaciaire. - 3. 7. Le sous-systeme socio-spatial face aux aleas paraglaciaires. - Conclusion du deuxieme chapitre. - Conclusion de la premiere partie. - Deuxieme partie : La geomorphologie paraglaciaire : approche spatio-temporelle. - Introduction de la deuxieme partie. - Chapitre 3 Les changements climatiques a l'origine des crises paraglaciaires. - Introduction du troisieme chapitre. - 1. L'origine des changements climatiques. - 1.1. L'origine tectonique. - 1.2. L'origine astronomique. - 1.3. Les gaz a effet de serre. - 2. Les echelles spatio-temporelles des changements climatiques. - 2.1. Les changements climatiques majeurs dans le passe. - 2.1.1. Les glaciations anterieures au Pleistocene. - 2.1.2. Les archives climatiques pleistocenes des forages glaciaires. - 2.2. La variabilite du clirnat. - 2.2.1. Les interstades de Dansgaard-Oeschger (DO). - 2.2.2. Les evenements de Heinrich. - 2.2.3. L'oscillation Nord Atlantique (NAO). - 2.2.4. L'oscillation arctique (AO). - 2.3. Les changements actuels et futurs du climat. - 2.3.1. Le rechauffement du bassin arctique. - 2.3.2. L'albedo : cle de comprehension du systeme climatique arctique. - 2.3.3. Les boucles de retroaction du systeme climatique arctique. - 2.3.4. Les nuances regionales et locales au sein du monde polaire. - 2.3.5. Changements climatiques et couvertures vegetales. - Conclusion du troisieme chapitre. - Chapitre 4 Les crises geomorphologiques paraglaciaires. - Introduction du quatrieme chapitre. - 1. Definition d'une crise geomorphologique paraglaciaire. - 1.1. La notion de seuil et son application au paraglaciaire. - 1.2. Le concept "d'equilibre dynarnique" applique au paraglaciaire. - 1.3. Le conccpt de "sensibilite". - 1.4. Application du modele de destockage sedimentaire paraglaciaire de Ballantyne. - 2. Les echelles temporelles des crises geomorphologiques paraglaciaires. - 2.1. Crises paraglaciaires instantanees. - 2.1.1. Les jökulhlaups sur les piemonts islandais. - 2.1.2. Les enseignements de la marge de glacier Baron au Spitsberg. - 2.2. Crises paraglaciaires d'echelle decennale. - 2.2.1. Les enseignements du sous-systeme gravitaire du Colletthogda (Spitsberg). - 2.2.2. Les enseignements du sous-systeme fluvial : l'evolution des sandurs islandais en contexte paraglaciaire. - 2.2.3. Les enseignements du sous-systeme littoral : Ia progradation des littoraux meubles au Spitsberg. - 2.3. Crises paraglaciaires d'echelle centennale : les enseignements des metamorphoses fluviales alpines. - 2.4. Crises paraglaciaires d'echelle millennale. - 2.4.1. Decohesion postglaciaire des parois. - 2.4.2. L'encaissement du reseau hydrographique. - 2.4.3. Le "volcanisme paraglaciaire". - Conclusion du quatrieme chapitre. - Conclusion de Ia deuxieme partie : Les limites spatio-temporelles du paraglaciaire. - Les limites du paraglaciaire actif. - Les limites du paleo-paraglaciaire. - Les limites du paraglaciaire potentiel. - Troisieme partie : La geomorphologie paraglaciaire : pour une relecture des formes des milieux froids. - Introduction de Ia troisieme partie. - Chapitre 5 Les formes paraglaciaires sricto sensu. - Introduction du cinquieme chapitre. - 1 Les formes paraglaciaires sur les versants. - 1.1. Les formes associees a Ia decohesion des parois. - 1.2. Les formes liees a l'ajustement paraglaciaire des depots de pente. - 2 Les formes paraglaciaires sur les surfaces. - 3 Les formes littorales paraglaciaires. - 4 Les formes liees aux accumulations offshore paraglaciaires. - 5 Le nano-paraglaciaire : approche microscopique. - Conclusion du cinquieme chapitre. - Chapitre 6 Le röle de Ia sequence paraglaciaire dans l'elaboration des formes glaciaires et periglaciaires. - Introduction du sixieme chapitre. - 1. Les formes majeures d'evidement : glaciaires ou paraglaciaires?. - 1.1. Les cirques. - 1.2. Les vallees en auge. - 1.3. Les fjords. - 2. Les formes d'echelle moyenne d'accumulation sur les surfaces : glaciaires ou paraglaciaires?. - 2.1. Les hummocky moraines moraines et les kettles. - 2.2. Les drumlins. - 2.3. Les eskers. - 2.4. Les kames. - 3. Les formes d'echelle moyenne d'accumulation au pied des versants : periglaciaires ou paraglaciaires?. - 3.1. Les glaciers rocheux : glaciaires, periglaciaires ou paraglaciaires?. - 3.2. Les tabliers et les cones d'eboulis : periglaciaires ou paraglaciaires?. - 4. Le concept de "paraperiglaciaire". - 4.1. Les premieres utilisations du terme de "paraperiglaciaire". - 4.2. Les processus et les formes paraperiglaciaires. - 4.3. Les limites spatio-temporelles du paraperiglaciaire. - Conclusion du sixieme chapitre. - Conclusion de la troisieme partie. - Conclusion generale. - 1 Le concept de paraglaciaire peut-il tout expliquer?. - 2 L'apport du concept de paraglaciaire a la comprehension des formes des milieux froids. - 3 Les crises paraglaciaires. - 4 - Les pistes de recherche a explorer. - Bibliographie. - Table des illusttations. - Table des matieres.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: 1. Elements of Rock Mechanics Fundamentals. Basics Notions. Geomechanical Characterisation of Rocks in the Laboratory. Modelling Rock Behaviour. Determination of in situ stresses. Geomechanical Modelling Elements. 2. Geomechanics, drilling and Production. Drilling Performance. Borehole Stability during Drilling. Sand Production. Well Stimulation by Hydraulic Fracturing. Induced Thermal Fracturing. 3. Geomechanics and Reservoir. Modelling the Geomechanical and Reservoir coupling. Environmental Aspects. Geomechanical Monitoring of Reservoirs.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: Introduction ; Part 1: The Effects of Taxation ; 1 Distortions and Welfare Losses ; 2 Tax Incidence ; Part 2: Optimal Taxation ; 3 Indirect Taxation ; 4 Direct Taxation ; 5 Mixed Taxation ; 6 Risk and Time ; 7 Corrective Taxes ; 8 Criticisms of Optimal Taxation ; Part 3: Some Current Debates ; 9 Low-Income Support ; 10 Taxation and Global Warming ; Part 4: AppendixesSupport ; The Consumption Tax ; Environmental Taxation ; App. A: Some Basic Microeconomics ; App. B: Optimal Control

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: PART I: Background to Beauty ; Chapter I: The Economics of Beauty ; Chapter II: In the Eye of the Beholder ; Part II: Beauty on the Job: What and Why ; Chapter III: Beauty and the Worker ; Chapter IV Beauty in Specific Occupations ; Chapter V: Beauty and the Employer ; Chapter VI: Lookism or Productive Beauty, and Why? ; Part III: Beauty in Love, Loans, and Law ; Chapter VII: Beauty in Markets for Friends, Family, and Funds ; Chapter VIII: Legal Protection for the Ugly ; Part IV: The Future of Looks ; Chapter IX Prospects for the Looks-Challenged

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: Introduction ; 1 - Agrimonde: a platform for faciliating collective scenario-building ; 2 - Agribiom: a tool for scenario-building and hybrid modelling ; 3 - The worlds food economy: a retrospective overview ; 4 - Scenario-bulding choices and principles ; 5 - Food consumption in 2050 ; 6 - Land use in 2050 ; 7 - Food crop yields in 2050 ; 8 - Resource-use balances in the Agrimonde scenarios ; 9 - Agrimonde 1 and Agrimonde GO: comparison, coherance, drivers of change ; 10 - Qualitative dimensions and Agrimonde scenarion storylines ; 11 - Scenario-based insight into food behaviours, technological options and trade ; Conclusion ; Appendices

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: Introduction and summary ; The energy innovation system: an historical perspective ; Agricultural innovation ; Implications for energy innovation from the chemical industry ; Finding the endless frontier: lessons from the life sciences innovation system for energy R&D ; Federal policy and the development of semiconductors, computer hardware, and computer software: a policy model for climate-change R&D? ; Nurturing the accumulation of innovations: lessons from the internet ; Venture capital and innovation in energy

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: Part I Sustainability Economics ; 1 Sustainability Economics, Resource Efficiency, and the Green New Deal ; 2 Global Economic Sustainability Indicator: Analysis and Policy Options for the Copenhagen Process ; 3 System Innovation for Environmental Sustainability: Concepts, Policies and Political Economy ; 4 The Resources of Economies and the Productivity of Materials: Relevance, Measurement, Empirical Trends, Innovation, Resource Policies ; 5 The Economics of Current Metal Markets ; Part II International Analysis ; 6 Competences for Green Development and Leapfrogging: The Case of Newly Industrializing Countries ; 7 The US Proposed Carbon Tariffs, WTO Scrutiny and China's Responses ; 8 Plan C: China's Development Under the Scarcity of Natural Capital ; 9 The Dutch Energy Transition Approach ; 10 Material and Energy Consumption in Lithuania: Towards Sustainability ; Part III Rebound Effects in Economies ; 11 Price and Income Induced Rebound Effects of Improved Energy Efficiency in Swedish Households: With Comments on Materials Efficiency ; 12 Analyzing Rebound Effects ; 13 How to Reduce the Rebound Effect? ; Part IV Modelling the Use of Resources in Economies: Different Approaches ; 14 Multi-agent Modeling of Economic Innovation Dynamics and Its Implications for Analyzing Emission Impacts ; 15 How to Increase Global Resource Productivity? Findings from Modelling in the PetrE Project ; Part V Outlook on Sustainable Resource Management ; 16 Identification of Technologies, Products and Strategies with High Resource Efficiency Potential: Results of a Cooperative Selection Process ; 17 Optimizing Resource Efficiency and Carbon Intensityin the Wood Processing Sector in Austria ; 18 Sustainable Resource Management in the Production Chain of Precious and Special Metals . ; 19 Eco-Innovation for Enabling Resource Efficiency and Green Growth: Development of an Analytical Framework and Preliminary Analysis of Industry and Policy Practices

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: Introduction ; Part I: The Demise of the Unitary Individual ; Chapter 1: Political Organization and the Conception of Man ; Chapter 2: The Challenge to the Unitary Individual in Western Thought ; Chapter 3: Economics: The Last Bastion of Rationality ; Chapter 4: Economics Goes Behavioral ; Chapter 5: From Utility to Happiness ; Part II: The Rise of Paternalism ; Chapter 6: Post-Utilitarianism: Searching for a Collective Soulin the Behavioral Era ; Appendix to Chapter 6. A Numerical Example ; Chapter 7: The Policy Prescriptions of Behavioral Economics ; Chapter 8: The Modern Paternalistic State ; Chapter 9: Responsibility Transfer ; Chapter 10: The Role of Science ; Chapter 11: Markets in a Paternalistic World ; Chapter 12: Where to Go?

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Assessment of human casualties in earthquakes has become a topic of vital importance for national and urban authorities responsible for emergency provision, for the development of mitigation strategies and for the development of adequate insurance schemes. In the last few years important work has been carried out on a number of recent events (including earthquakes in Kocaeli, Turkey 1999, Niigata Japan, 2004, Sichuan, China 2008 and L'Aquila,Italy 2009). These events have created new and detailed casualty data, which has not until now been properly assembled and evaluated. This book draws the new evidence from recent events together with existing knowledge. It summarises current trends in the understanding of the factors influencing the numbers and types of casualties in earthquakes; it offers methods to incorporate this understanding into the estimation of losses in future events in different parts of the world; it discusses ways in which pre-event mitigation activity and post-event emergency management can reduce the toll of casualties in future events; and it identifies future research needs.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: Preface 1. Introduction A Global Perspective 2. Earthquakes: an Epidemiological Perspective on Patterns and Trends 3. Earthquakes Casualty Research and Public Education 4. Disaster Casualties - Accounting for Economic Impacts and Diurnal Variation 5. A Global Earthquake Building Damage and Casualty Database Casualty Loss Modelling 6. Earthquake Casualty Models within the USGS Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) System 7. Loss Estimation Module in the Second Generation Software QLARM 8. Earthquake Casualties Estimation In Emergency Mode 9. Estimating Casualties for the Southern California Shakeout Lessons learnt from Regional Studies 10. Casualty Estimation due to Earthquakes: Injury Structure and Dynamics 11. Seismic Vulnerability and Collapse Probability Assessment of Buildings in Greece 12. Seismic Casualty Evaluation- the Italian Model an application to the L'Aquila 2009 Event 13. Mortality and Morbidity Risk in the L'Aquila, Italy Earthquake of 6 April 2009 and Lessons to be Learned 14. Major Factors controlling Earthquake Casualties as revealed via a Diversified Questionnaire Survey in Ojiya City for the Mid-Niigata Earthquake Exploring approaches to improving casualty modeling 15. Advances in Casualty Modelling facilitated by the USGS Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) System 16. Challenges in Collating Earthquake Casualty Field Data 17. Estimating Human Losses Earthquake Models: A Discussion 18. Trends in the Casualty Ratio of Injured to Fatalities in Earthquakes 19. Study of Damage to the Human Body caused by Earthquakes: Development of a Mannequin for the Thoracic Compression experiments and Cyber Dummy using Finite Element Method 20. A Different View on Human Vulnerability to Earthquakes: lessons from risk perception sudies Index

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: "Physical Properties of Rocks - a Workbook" is a symbiosis of a brief description of physical fundamentals of rock properties (based on typical experimental results and relevant theories and models) with a guide for practical use of different theoretical concepts. For this purpose a companion web site contains a selection of model based equations in excel worksheets for practical application and training by the user to work with his own data or to "play" in order to demonstrate the effects of various input information and to demonstrate the effects of various input information in petrophysical work. In two special chapters the problem of relationships between petrophysical parameters based on various model concepts is presented as a foundation for combined interpretation. This part also contains the author's 'structured model'. The workbook is a result of the more than 40 years experience of the author in teaching at universities and industrial courses. It presents all practical relevant properties of rock in one volume. It offers experimental and theoretical fundamentals in a systematic framework. It gives special focus on relationships between properties. - Contents: 1. Rocks - their classification and composition Overview, Introduction Igneous (magmatic) rocks Metamorphic rocks Sedimentary rocks 2. Pore space properties Overview, Introduction Porosity Specific internal surface Fluids in the pore space - the term "saturation" Permeability Wettability Fluid distribution - capillary pressure in a reservoir 3. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) petrophysical properties Physical origin, the principle of a NMR-measurement Description of the relaxation process (longitudinal and transverse relaxation) NMR Relaxation mechanisms of fluids in pores and fluid-surface effects Bulk relaxation and surface relaxation Diffusion-induced relaxation Description of relaxation as a multi-exponential decay - data inversion Applications Porosity and pore volume partitioning Pore size, capillary pressure and permeability estimate Fluid (hydrocarbon) typing 4 Density Definition and units Density of rock constituents Density of rocks 5 .Nuclear/Radioactive Properties Fundamentals Natural radioactivity Origin of natural gamma radiation Potassium, Uranium, and Thorium in minerals Potassium, uranium, and thorium content of rocks Spectral and integral measurements - the API unit Applications Radioactive heat generation Gamma Interactions Fundamentals Gamma-Gamma-PE measurement for mineral identification Gamma-Gamma-Density measurement and porosity estimate Neutron interactions Fundamentals Porosity from neutron measurements 6. Elastic Properties Fundamentals Results of experimental investigations, empirical equations Rock constituents Velocity of igneous and metamorphic rocks Velocity of sedimentary rocks Relationships between Vp and Vs - the Castagna equation AVO (Amplitude Versus Offset) - basic principles and link to physical properties Anisotropy Theories Overview Bounds for elastic moduli: Voigt, Reuss and Hashin-Shtrikman bounds Sphere pack models nclusion models A simpified model for fractured rocks Gassman and Biot model - modelling of fluid effects The problem of multiphase pore fluids Inelastic properties - attenuation of elastic waves Overview, definition and units Absorption of elastic waves in rocks - overview Absorption of seismic waves in igneous rocks Absorption of seismic waves in sedimentary rocks Absorption mechanisms . 7 . Electrical properties Fundamentals Electrical properties of rock components Minerals - solid components Pore fluids Specific electrical resistivity of Rocks Overview The specific electrical resistivity of porous clean rocks - Archies equations Partial water saturation Archie - rocks: Theories and models Sheet models Inclusion models Capillary models Shaly sands Introduction - The Shaly Sand Problem Laminated Shaly Sands - the Poupon Equation Dispersed Shaly Sand - the Waxman-Smits Equation Dual Water Model Simandoux Equation (1963) Indonesia Equation Comparison of some shaly sand equations Dielectric properties of rocks Conduction and Polarization - the complex nature of the two processes Experimental results - the real component of permittivity Theories and models Spectral Induced Polarization Basic mechanisms Traditional parameters of IP measurements IP in ore containing rocks IP in porous rocks 8. Thermal Properties Thermal properties of minerals and pore contents Thermal properties of rocks - experimental data Overview Thermal properties of magmatic and metamorphic rocks Sedimentary rocks Some notes about thermal expansion Theories and models Sheet models - series and parallel model Sheet models - modifications and comparable mixing rules Inclusion models 9. Magnetic properties Basics and units Magnetic properties of rock constituents Magnetic properties of rocks Overview - Rock Magnetization Susceptibility range for rock types - induced magnetization Correlations between susceptibility and content of magnetic substances Natural remanent magnetization (NRM) 10. Geomechanical properties Overview, Introduction Classification parameters Fundamental geomechanical properties and processes Correlation between static and dynamic moduli Correlation between geophysical properties and strength properties 11. Relationships between petrophysical properties - fundamentals of combined interpretation Introduction and motivation Empirical equations Relationships based on sheet models Fundamentals of combined interpretation volume based models Determination of volumetric rock composition (mineral fractions, porosity) of porous rocks - 12. Model with internal structure and bonding properties The concept of a "structured model" Porosity Electrical properties - resistivity Elastic wave velocities General equation Discussion of the "porosity-factor" Discussion of the "contact elasticity-factor" Change of structure and bonding Strength properties - a relationship between velocity and strength

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: 10 Recommendations for a 100% Renewable Energy Future ; PART 1 ; Introduction ; A renewable energy future: why we need it ; Energy facts we have to face ; 100% possible ; The Ecofys scenario in a nutshell ; The energy mix ; The challenges ahead ; PART 2 ; The Ecofys energy scenario ; Executive summary ; Introduction ; Approach ; Demand ; Supply - Renewable energy (excl. bioenergy) ; Supply - Sustainable bioenergy ; Investments and savings ; Policy considerations ; Conclusions ; Appendices

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: Chapter 1. Computer Arithmetic ; Chapter 2. Interval Arithmetic ; Chapter 3. Interval Analysis ; Chapter 4. Automatic Differentiation ; Chapter 5. Interval Analysis in Action ; Chapter 6. Ordinary Differential Equations ; Appendix A. Mathematical Foundations ; Appendix B. Program Codes

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: 1 Is anybody out there? ; 2 Life: freak side-show or cosmic imperative ; 3 A shadow biosphere ; 4 How much intelligence is out there? ; 5 New SETI: widening the search ; 6 Evidence for a galactic diaspora ; 7 Alien magic ; 8 Post-biological intelligence ; 9 First contact ; 10 Who speaks for earth?

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: 1. Introduction and Overview. 2. System Modeling and Stability Problems. 3. Lyapunov Stability and Stability Regions of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems. 4. Quasi-Stability Regions: Analysis and Characterization. 5. Energy Function Theory and Direct Methods. 6. Constructing Analytical Energy Functions for Transient Stability Models. 7. Construction of Numerical Energy Functions for Lossy Transient Stability Models. 8. Direct Methods for Stability Analysis: An Introduction. 9. Foundation of the Closest UEP Method. 10. Foundations of the Potential Energy Boundary Surface Method. 11. Controlling UEP Method: Theory. 12. Controlling UEP Method: Computations. 13. Foundations of Controlling UEP Methods for Network-Preserving Transient Stability Models. 14. Network-Reduction BCU Method and Its Theoretical Foundation. 15. Numerical Network-Reduction BCU Method. 16. Network-Preserving BCU Method and Its Theoretical Foundation. 17. Numerical Network-Preserving BCU Method. 18. Numerical Studies of BCU Methods from Stability Boundary Perspectives. 19. Study of the Transversality Conditions of the BCU Method. 20. The BCU-Exit Point Method. 21. Group Properties of Contingencies in Power Systems. 22. Group-Based BCU-Exit Method. 23. Group-Based BCU-CUEP Methods. 24. Group-Based BCU Method. 25. Perspectives and Future Directions. Appendix

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: Maximizing chances of publication -- Essential steps before writing a paper -- Drafting papers -- Complex studies -- Linguistic points -- Covering letters and referees' objections -- Other kinds of written scientific communication -- Summary

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: In this fictional tour de force Jay Griffiths, acclaimed author of Wild, creates a portrait of the artist Frida Kahlo that is also a celebration of the spirit of poetry and the art of rebellion. Spellbinding and luminous, A Love Letter from a Stray Moon is a unique work about passion, grief and transcendence

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Now in its 4th edition, this book remains the ultimate reference for all questions regarding solvents and solvent effects in organic chemistry. Retaining its proven concept, there is no other book which covers the subject in so much depth, the handbook is completely updated and contains 15% more content, including new chapters on "Solvents and Green chemistry", "Classification of Solvents by their Environmental Impact", and "Ionic Liquids".An essential part of every organic chemist's library.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: art I - Introduction:Policy Design and the Modern State 1. Understanding Contemporary Policy Mixes Part II - Systematically Studying Policy Design 2. Key Definitions and Concepts in the Study of Policy Design 3. Policy Design as Policy Formulation 4. Policy Design and Implementation Tool Choices Part III - The Elements of Policy Design 5. Organizational Implementation Tools 6. Authoritative Implementation tools 7. Financial Implementation Tools 8. Information-Based Implementation Tools Part IV - Policy Designs and Governance Modes Re-Visited 9. Contemporary Policy Designs 10. Conclusion: Towards a New Generation of Policy Design Studies

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: Chapter 1. Metabolic Synthesis Chapter 2. Chemical Biomarker Applications to Ecology and Paleoecology Chapter 3. Stable Isotopes and Radiocarbon Chapter 4. Analytical Chemical Methods and Instrumentation Chapter 5. Carbohydrates: Neutral and Minor Sugars Chapter 6. Proteins: Amino Acids and Amines Chapter 7. Nucleic Acids and Molecular Tools Chapter 8. Lipids: Fatty Acids Chapter 9. Isoprenoid Lipids: Steroids, Hopanoids, and Triterpenoids Chapter 10. Lipids: Hydrocarbons Chapter 11. Lipids: Alkenones, Polar Lipids, and Ether Lipids Chapter 12. Photosynthetic Pigments: Chlorophylls, Carotenoids, and Phycobilins Chapter 13. Lignins, Cutins, and Suberins Chapter 14. Anthropogenic Markers Appendix I. Atomic Weights of Elements Appendix II. Useful SI Units and Conversion Factors Appendix III. Physical and Chemical Constants Glossary Bibliography

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: 1. Wetter, Klima und der Treibhauseffekt ; 2. Ursachen und Verursacher des anthropogenen Treibhauseffekts ; 3. Auswirkungen des Klimawandels heute und in der Zukunft ; 4 Strategien zur Begrenzung des globalen Temperaturanstiegs ; 5 Internationale Klimapolitik ; 6 Handlungs- und Aktionsmöglichkeiten

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: Part 1 Introduction and fundamentals ; Part 2 Univariate calculus and optimization ; Part 3 Linear algebra ; Part 4 Multivariate calculus ; Part 5 Integration and dynamic methods

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: 1 Modern processors ; 2 Basic optimization techniques for serial code ; 3 Data access optimization ; 4 Parallel computers ; 5 Basics of parallelization ; 6 Shared-memory parallel programming with OpenMP ; 7 Efficient OpenMP programming ; 8 Locality optimizations on ccNUMA architectures ; 9 Distributed-memory parallel programming with MPI ; 10 Efficient MPI programming ; 11 Hybrid parallelization with MPI and OpenMP ; A Topology and affinity in multicore environments ; B Solutions to the problems

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: Introduction. ; 1 Telling Stories with Data. ; 2 Handling Data. ; 3 Choosing Tools to Visualize Data. ; 4 Visualizing Patterns over Time. ; 5 Visualizing Proportions. ; 6 Visualizing Relationships. ; 7 Spotting Differences. ; 8 Visualizing Spatial Relationships. ; 9 Designing with a Purpose.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: 1 Introduction ; 2 SOC and Complex Networks ; 3 Foundation of SOC in Power Systems ; 4 Power Grid Growth and Evolution ; 5 Complex Small-World Power Grids ; 6 Decomposition and Coordination of Static Power Grids ; 7 Vulnerability Assessment of Static Power Grids ; 8 Simplification, Equivalence, and Synchronization Controlof Dynamic Power Grids ; 9 Blackout Model Based on DC Power Flow ; 10 Blackout Model Based on AC Power Flow ; 11 Blackout Model Considering Reactive Power/Voltage Characteristics ; 12 Blackout Model Based on the OTS ; 13 Applications to Generation Expansion Planning and Power Network Planning ; 14 Applications in Electric Power Emergency Management Platform

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: 1. A Simple Market Model ; 2. Risk-Free Assets ; 3. Portfolio Management ; 4. Forward and Futures Contracts ; 5. Options: General Properties ; 6. Binomial Model ; 7. General Discrete Time Models ; 8. Continuous Time ; 9. Interest Rates ; 10. Appendix ; 11. Solutions

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents: Einleitung ; Teil I - Handlungstheorie: Der Rational-Choice-Ansatz - Anomalien, Erweiterungen, Alternativen ; 1. Die Theorie der Frame-Selektion als Überwindung der Theorie der rationalen Wahl ; 2. Praxistheorie - die rationale Wahl? ; 3. Altruismus, Egoismus, Reziprozität ; 4. Rationalität und Emotion ; Teil II - Ordnungstheorie: Die Pluralität von Modellen sozialer Ordnung und das Koordinationsproblem ; 5. Kollektives Wissen und epistemisches Vertrauen: der Ansatz der Sozialen Erkenntnistheorie ; 6. Signaling und die Theorie sozialer Normen ; 7. Koordination und Ordnungsbildung in der Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie ; 8. Funktionale Differenzierung der Gesellschaft: Soziale Ordnung ohne Koordinationseinrichtungen? ; 9. Koordination durch Übersetzung ; Teil III - Kulturtheorie: Kritik und Verteidigung des subjektivistischen Kulturbegriffs ; 10. Die Emergenz von Kultur ; 11. Kultur als soziale Tatsache? ; 12. Kultur als Kompromiss ; 13. Brauchen wir den Systembegriff? Zur (un-)Vereinbarkeit von Akteurs- und Systemtheorie ; 14. Objektivitätsansprüche Kritischer Theorie heute ; Teil IV - Methodologie, Methoden, Ontologie: Übergreifende Problemperspektiven